2016 Asia Talent Cup

2016 Asia Talent Cup
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The 2016 Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup was the third season of the Asia Talent Cup. The season featured six rounds held at circuits in Asia, with three rounds held in support of the MotoGP World Championship and two rounds in support of the Superbike World Championship. The season started at Chang in Thailand on 11 March, and finished at Sepang in Malaysia on 28 October.

Thai rider Somkiat Chantra won the title after beating closest rival and future Honda Team Asia teammate Ai Ogura.^[1]

The calendar was announced in December 2015.^[2]

Rnd.		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Winning rider
1	R1	Chang International Circuit	12 March	Andi Farid Izdihar	Ai Ogura
1	R2	Chang International Circuit	13 March	Andi Farid Izdihar	Somkiat Chantra
2	R1	Losail International Circuit	19 March	Somkiat Chantra	Gerry Salim
2	R2	Losail International Circuit	20 March	Somkiat Chantra	Andi Farid Izdihar
3	R1	Sepang International Circuit	14 May	Kazuki Masaki	Andi Farid Izdihar
3	R2	Sepang International Circuit	15 May	Kazuki Masaki	Somkiat Chantra
4	R1	Zhuhai International Circuit	17 September	Gerry Salim	Ai Ogura
4	R2	Zhuhai International Circuit	18 September	Gerry Salim	Yuki Kunii
5	R1	Twin Ring Motegi	15 October	Yuki Kunii	Yuki Kunii
5	R2	Twin Ring Motegi	16 October	Yuki Kunii	Ai Ogura
6	R1	Sepang International Circuit	29 October	Andi Farid Izdihar	Andi Farid Izdihar
6	R2	Sepang International Circuit	30 October	Andi Farid Izdihar	Somkiat Chantra

Entry list

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos.	Rider	THA		QAT		MAL1		CHN		JPN		MAL2		Pts
Pos.	Rider	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Somkiat Chantra	4	1	6^P	2^P	4	1	3	8	6	4	Ret	1	178
2	Ai Ogura	1	4	2	7	5	Ret	1	3	3	1	4	Ret	173
3	Andi Farid Izdihar	Ret^P	3^P	5	1	1	3	2	7	5	7	1^P	Ret^P	167
4	Ryusei Yamanaka	3	2	4	5	2	2	Ret	5	4	2	6	4	167
5	Gerry Salim	2	6	1	3	3	Ret	4^P	2^P	10	6	16	7	145
6	Yuki Kunii	6	8	8	6	7	4	5	1	1^P	Ret^P	3	9	142
7	Kazuki Masaki	5	5	3	4	6^P	12^P	Ret	4	2	3	2	Ret	134
8	Shogo Kawasaki	7	7	7	8	11	7	Ret	9	8	5	11	2	77
9	Can Öncü	9	13	13	16	10	Ret	7	9	8	5	15	2	75
10	Deniz Öncü	11	9	12	15	Ret	14	6	6	Ret	10	5	3	72
11	Riku Sugawara	13	12	10	10	8	5	9	Ret	9	9	Ret	13	62
12	Idham Khairuddin	12	14	14	13	9	6	8	11	12	Ret	7	8	62
13	Irfan Ardiansyah	8	Ret	9	9	Ret	8			Ret	13	10	5	50
14	Tom Edwards	10	10	Ret	11	Ret	9			13	11	8	10	46
15	Waraphod Niamsakhonsakul		11	11	12	15	11	10	Ret	Ret	15	13	12	34
16	Bahattin Sofuoğlu	Ret	17	15	17	Ret	13	12	12	14	12	Ret	6	28
17	Izam Ikmal	18	18	16	20	12	10	Ret	Ret	15	14	Ret	11	18
18	Alif Utama	15	16	17	14	Ret	Ret	11	13			14	Ret	13
19	Hiroki Nakamura									11	Ret	9	Ret	12
20	Dwiki Suparta	14	15	18	19			15	Ret	16	Ret	12	Ret	8
21	Ahamed Yanseen	16	19	19	18	13	15	14	14					8
22	Chun Kit Law	17	20	20	21	14	16	13	Ret					5
Pos.	Rider	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Pos.	Rider	THA		QAT		MAL1		CHN		JPN		MAL2		Pts

P – Pole position